"...the tree that gives life, bearing its fruit twelvefold, one yield for each month. And the leaves of this tree bring health to all the nations." (Apoc. 22:2)

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Getting Started...

After having spent a lot of time on the blogosphere lately I decided to give a go at it myself. Guess I felt I had a lot to say which needed my own platform. Well, here goes...

This blog will be about all the things which fill my life: religion, medicine, politics, ethics, philosophy, beauty - all which I consider relevant to a public discussion, anyway. I decided against having it primarily in Danish so that it was also accessible to overseas visitors, but from time to time I'll delve into a discussion on internal Danish matters. Enjoy!

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Hi Gideon, long time no see! I hope you are doing well, and that your studies are progressing to your satisfaction.

I don’t know if you have heard rumours of my self-imposed exile from civilisation; I have uprooted myself from my native Copenhagen and relocated to the inter-island speed bump of Funen, where I am doing pre-graduate research in neurophysiology at the University of Southern Denmark. It is very lovely here, an atmosphere of Funen tranquillity and hospitality which frenzied Copenhagen just can’t match, and to think they actually treat medical students like human beings here! So I am very happy with my decision to jump ship (well, Panum), though I miss my former comrades in arms. Maybe this blog will provide contact to a few of you? I saw your advertisement for it over at Facebook, and, well, I’m sure you recall my argumentative nature, so no wonder I can’t help commenting. I hope you won’t mind. ;)

Hoping to chance upon you soon at some random hospital, or at the Friday Bar at Panum; for now, leaving various verbose comments in your blog. ;)

"...the tree that gives life, bearing its fruit twelvefold, one yield for each month. And the leaves of this tree bring health to all the nations."

In the Heavenly Jerusalem thus stands the tree which gives life and healing to all Mankind.

What is this tree? It is none other than the Cross of Christ, the throne of divine love where the Son of God pours out His blood for the healing of all. And where is this Heavenly Jerusalem? It is right here among us, though still being formed; visible, although veiled; victorious, though still struggling. It is the wonderful mystery of the people of God, those who look to the Cross for healing - the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

About this blog

Health (latin sanitas) is central to this blog. The English cognate sanity is now used to denote mental health - but mental health is certainly a prerequisite for anyone who deals with matters of bodily health.

This blog is dedicated to promoting health, spiritual as well as mental and bodily; to the rights of the unborn; to sound bio-ethics; to uncovering the grand mystery of the human person in its fullness as the image of the all-beautiful Creator.

May the Tree of Life, the Cross of Jesus Christ, give all us physicians the sanity we need to properly serve our patients.

About Me

I am a young medical doctor from Denmark. By the great grace of God happily married and the proud father of a wonderful baby girl. Was raised a Protestant Christian but was finally persuaded by the awesomeness of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Here the Truth is present in its fullness, the Truth which sets us free: Jesus the Christ. Truth - an especially pertinent issue for my profession but also for my generation as a whole, which needs it desperately.
Read more about my journey here: http://ad-sanitatem-gentium.blogspot.dk/2009/02/background.html